The Ely area has been blessed with a number of pantomimes to ease the gloom of our fading winter days. Stretham’s version of “Cinderella”, written by Tina Barsby and produced by Angela Fordham, positively glowed with the warmth and fun of a community ready for a good laugh. Hilarious quips bounced between actors and members of the audience, outrageous caricatures of well-known figures strutted the stage and tongue-in-cheek we were all given a jolly good night of laughter.

The gob-smacked look on the youngster’s face in my row made the evening for me. Eyes wide, he stared incredulously when the first dame in full drag regalia (ballooning bosoms flowing beneath leopard skin), flounced his way down the aisle. The young lad had never seen anything like it before!

The gob-smacked look on the youngster’s face in my row made the evening for me.